GOP Rep. Nancy Mace triggers top Oversight Dem: Tranny, tranny, tranny I dont really care

A House hearing descended into bedlam Wednesday when GOP firebrand Rep.Nancy Mace (R-SC) referred to “trannies,” a derogatory slur for a transgender person — setting off the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.“Does this advance the interest of American citizens — paying for trannies in Guatemala to the tune of $2 million?” Mace asked a panel during a hearing on “Rightsizing government” Wednesday.She had rattled through a list of programs funded by the US Agency for International Development and peppered the panel with questions about whether those expenses served American interests.After she wrapped up her questioning, Oversight ranking member Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) lodged a parliamentary inquiry over Mace’s use of the term “trannies.”“The gentlelady has used a phrase that is considered a slur in the LGBTQ community and the trans community,” Connolly pleaded with Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.)“Let me please finish without interruption,” he added before Mace interjected.

“Tranny, tranny, tranny!” Mace, 47, hit back.“I don’t really care.

You want penises in women’s bathrooms and I’m not gonna have it.No, thank you.

It’s disgusting.”Connolly, 74, who announced last year that he has “cancer of the esophagus” and edged out Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the top Dem perch on Oversight, was not pleased.

“To me, a slur is a slur,” he said.“And here in the committee, a level of decorum requires us to try consciously to avoid slurs.

You just heard that gentlelady actually actively, robustly repeat it.”Mace fired back and insisted that she was “not going to be counseled by a man over men and women’s spaces or men who have mental health issues dressing as women.”Comer punted on the request, noting that he’s “not up to date on my politically correct LGBTQ term terminology” and will “look into” Connolly’s petition.Mace, who has served in Congress since 2021, introduced legislation late l...